State Football: Trinity Defeats Tufts, 35-14

Chudi Iregbulem scored three of his four touchdowns in the second quarter, and Trinity came back from a first-quarter deficit to defeat Tufts 35-14 on Saturday at Jessee/Miller Field.

The Bantams (4-0) improved their home winning streak to 53 games. Tufts, coached by former Trinity captain Jay Civetti, fell to 2-2.

Iregbulem, a senior who is starting for the first time in his career, had 145 rushing yards in the first half and finished with a career-high 184 on 28 carries.

Tufts took a 7-0 lead after Zack Trause's 77-yard punt return set up a 4-yard touchdown run by Chance Brady, but Trinity had 39-, 67- and 54-yard scoring drives in the second quarter, capped by Iregbulem runs of 5, 6 and 27 yards. He added a 1-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter.

The second TD was set up by Michael Budness' 28-yard pass to Bryan Vieira on a fake punt at the Tufts 49-yard line.

Trinity rushed for 276 yards and controlled possession for 35:30. Bantams linebacker Mike Weatherby had five tackles, two sacks, one pass breakup and an interception — one of three thrown by Tufts' Jack Doll.

Kyle Gibson and Lou Stevens had rushing touchdowns for the Cardinals, Ike Fuchs kicked a 27-yard field goal and Warren (24 of 38) threw a 20-yard TD pass to Jay Fabien.

Sacred Heart 52, Robert Morris 13: RJ Noel was 19 of 24 passing for 295 yards and three touchdowns, and Sacred Heart (5-1) won the NEC opener against Robert Morris (0-6) in Fairfield.

Sacred Heart scored on its first four possessions in taking a 28-0 lead after the first quarter. Tyler Dube scored the opening touchdown on a 4-yard catch, finishing with seven receptions for 108 yards, and also had a 40-yard scoring run. Keshaudas Spence carried 14 times for 91 yards, with a 1-yard TD.

New Haven 27, Southern Connecticut 14: Joey Bradley threw for 256 yards and three touchdowns, and New Haven defeated visiting Southern to take the Elm City Trophy for the fifth consecutive year.

Ty Headen had 11 catches for 128 yards and a score for New Haven (3-3, 3-2 Northeast-10). Bradley's 53-yard TD pass to Courtney Moshood gave the Chargers a 27-7 lead with 10:55 left. New Haven's Trevor Officer had 23 carries for 118 yards and a touchdown.

Western Connecticut 30, Mass. Maritime 19: Michael Nicol's 76-yard touchdown pass to Connor Falaguerra with 3:26 left gave Western a 23-19 lead in the MASCAC victory in Buzzards Bay, Mass.

Trailing 19-14 after Brad Skeffington's 1-yard run for Mass. Maritime with 6:10 left in the third, Western (4-2, 3-1) got two points on Bobby Durham's 98-yard interception return of the two-point conversion attempt. Nicol rushed for 157 yards on 21 carries and completed 11 of 22 passes for 188 yards and two scores. Tory Mack rushed for 147 yards on 18 carries, with TDs from 11 and 29 yards. Mass. Maritime fell to 1-4, 0-3.

Coast Guard 17, Curry 0: Derek Victory threw for 295 yards and a touchdown and Collis Brown had 11 receptions to become the program's career leader as Coast Guard (3-3, 2-1 NEFC) defeated Curry (0-6, 0-3) in New London.

Brown, a senior, came in tied with Sam England ('2006-09) with 159 career catches. Brown's 89 receiving yards gave him 2,030 in his career. Bears wide receiver Blake Thompson threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to Bryan Popp on a reverse with 10:28 left in the first quarter.